Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the Enhanced MachineController

2012-01-18 Thread Alex Joni
That's still beeing discussed. The issue is a bit deeper than simply renaming the mailin lists. The same is true about the sourceforge unix project name (we're not yet 100% clear of the implications). As of the lists, maybe it would be worth taking the opportunity to move them to linuxcnc.org

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the EnhancedMachine Controller

2012-01-18 Thread Alex Joni
The only downside is the confusion factor, there are thousands of people who have heard of our EMC2 as another CNC control program, and now will not know what happened to it. For instance, there is an EMC forum on CNCZone. I suppose that needs to be renamed, too. Since we're not

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the Enhanced MachineController

2012-01-18 Thread Alex Joni
I join this opinion based on the facts that this (EMC2) project has a long history under its current name. It's ridiculous to see a not exceptionally successful company (http://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=EMC) terrorize nonprofit organization especially when the product has absolutely nothing to

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the Enhanced MachineController

2012-01-18 Thread Alex Joni
On 17.01.12 21:31, Jack Coats wrote: IMHO, we need to keep references to EMC and EMC2 on the web site as 'historical artifacts', and also reference the NIST project that started the initial 'Enhanced Machine Controller' project and named it. Like in

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the EnhancedMachine Controller

2012-01-18 Thread Alex Joni
Do you think the other mob are in danger of being lawyered by a company that makes razors? Heh, might be ;) Otoh, their domains are not very close to still allow valid grounds for the lawyers.. Regards, Alex --

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the Enhanced Machine Controller

2012-01-18 Thread Alex Joni
OpenCNC already exists. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote: Open Machine Controller or OpenCNC would have been better name. Still holding out hope that the software could be supported on different platforms. For now, LinuxCNC

Re: [Emc-users] About the board, the rebrand, and the future

2012-01-25 Thread Alex Joni
I mostly agree with Chris on this one, some comments added below. Michael, Thanks for your criticism. I have taken several days to think about it. I have not discussed my thoughts with the board and I am speaking only for myself and to my own relationship to the project. I agree with you

Re: [Emc-users] The future of LinuxCNC mailing lists andbug tracking

2012-02-22 Thread Alex Joni
While I am sure that you guys are more than capable of running the server outside of Sourceforge, what always concerns me in situations like this is the dependency on certain people to do certain things without a solid backup plan. If plan A is to have person X run and administer the

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread Alex Joni
err, sure there is. the latest CD we have on linuxcnc.org : http://www.linuxcnc.org/iso/ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso it is also available on my EU mirror: http://dsplabs.upt.ro/~juve/emc/get.php?file=ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso (maybe that works faster for some people) it includes: -

Re: [Emc-users] German-language documentation, was: Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-11 Thread Alex Joni
I suspect very few people understand the difference between coordinated mode (N-Bahnsteuerung) where multiple joints move at the same time to make the tool move in XYZ space under operator control and Teleop mode (1-Bahnsteuerung) where the operator controls a single selected joint at

Re: [Emc-users] GladeVCP / File Selector Button

2012-04-25 Thread Alex Joni
http://git.mah.priv.at/gitweb/emc2-dev.git/blob/7e0d1187b94052007706c96217d14cd392dcb3be:/src/emc/usr_intf/gscreen/gscreen.py from http://git.mah.priv.at/gitweb/emc2-dev.git/shortlog/refs/heads/gscreen_master Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com To:

Re: [Emc-users] Why LinuxCNC website is compromised by Google ?

2012-05-11 Thread Alex Joni
Seems you are all correct. We had a hack a while ago, and I tried to clean it up (until I couldn't see any more evidence of the hack). Since google didn't adjust the search results, I tried the webmaster tools approach, and found evidence of more hacking. It should be all cleaned out now, and I

Re: [Emc-users] TOT Bamboo Fly Rods

2012-05-23 Thread Alex Joni
maybe try here? http://www.goabra.org/Directory.htm PS: I know probably less about fly fishing, but my google-foo feels strong-ish today :) Alex - Original Message - From: John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com To: EMC Mailing List emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, May 23,

Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-05-30 Thread Alex Joni
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC_circuit from there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RC_Series_Filter_(with_V%26I_Labels).svg and the response: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Series_RC_capacitor_voltage.svg Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com

Re: [Emc-users] EMC use in robots?

2006-11-21 Thread Alex Joni
, the others are trivial to integrate. A description about kinematics and how to make them work can be found in the manual: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/motion/kinematics/index.html Hope this helps for a starter. Best regards, Alex Joni - Original Message - From: Luis Fdo. Leiva

Re: [Emc-users] linuxCNC.org on missing list

2007-01-07 Thread Alex Joni
Works ok here.. Regards, Alex Greetings; Does anyone know what happened to linuxcnc? -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note,

Re: [Emc-users] EMC italian users forum project

2007-02-02 Thread Alex Joni
I applaud this initiative. I also notice that the website at www.linuxcnc.org has no current Italian translation. I think that would be very nice to have. Contact me directly if you want to help with that. Best regards, Alex Joni Hi, I was thinking about creating a discussion forum

Re: [Emc-users] Restoring Hal configuration

2007-02-17 Thread Alex Joni
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /etc/init.d/realtime start [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ halcmd -f test1.hal [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ halcmd -kf halcmd: Best regards, Alex - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join

Re: [Emc-users] M0 vs Cycle start button

2007-02-26 Thread Alex Joni
I suspect you need : 4 5 10 0 0 90 for angular C to go to 90. Just my 2 cents, Alex - Original Message - From: Glenn R. Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] M0

Re: [Emc-users] developing brushless servo drive

2007-02-27 Thread Alex Joni
If you have any question about compatibility, I'm going to be making the following deal to all customers : send me one of your motors, and I will figure out the correct wiring and all parameters for you, before you buy. That's one of the best deals I saw lately. Great stuff Jon!

Re: [Emc-users] Spikes 'n stoof - Help appreciated

2007-02-28 Thread Alex Joni
There should be additional info in dmesg, after you get the realtime error. Make sure you try to start OpenGL apps as you run the latency test (let it run pretty long, there are for example SMI issues which only appear once every 64seconds). further info here:

Re: [Emc-users] halrun and parport problem

2007-03-04 Thread Alex Joni
You cannot use emc2 while the parport_pc kernel module is installed. They both will write/read the same address which will result in possibly bad things. Just start your machine normaly (without the sudo insmod), and run emc2 with the correct address (0xdd00). If there is no output on the

Re: [Emc-users] Install problems

2007-03-04 Thread Alex Joni
you're missing some needed libraries. I suggest looking for some mesa libgl packages. for Ubuntu: http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/libs/libgl1-mesa and http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/libdevel/libgl1-mesa-dev for Fedora co : http://hany.sk/~hany/RPM/libGL.so.1.html Best regards, Alex

Re: [Emc-users] Hal Implementation of a different enable

2007-03-05 Thread Alex Joni
there is a motion.in-position which you might want to use. That pin is true while the machine is not moving. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Jack Ensor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Emc emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:24 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Hal

Re: [Emc-users] lead screw compensation

2007-03-09 Thread Alex Joni
Hi Kirk, thanks for pointing out the stale docs. Lead screw compensation is fully enabled in emc2 (I think since 2.1.0 surely, not sure about 2.0.x though). You only need the following in your [AXIS_*] section [AXIS_0] .. COMP_FILE = joint0.cmp (you can also specify COMP_FILE_TYPE != 0 (default

Re: [Emc-users] Error-Unexpected realtime delay

2007-03-10 Thread Alex Joni
Yes you can simply donwload the binary from the same wiki page (it has been compiled for dapper only so far). Just save the old file (just in case), and copy the new one over (you'll need sudo to do so). To have it used by emc2 automatically, you'll have to put it into /etc/emc2/rtapi.conf in

Re: [Emc-users] Error-Unexpected realtime delay

2007-03-10 Thread Alex Joni
well.. if you read further down, there is a link ;) I fixed the top one aswell.. thanks for pointing that out. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 7:12 PM Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 unistall

2007-03-12 Thread Alex Joni
Unfortunately at the moment there is no way to uninstall automatically. If you think that is needed, please add a feature request at http://souceforge.net/projects/emc To resolve your issue, you'll have to delete the files manually. Hint: to find them easier try the following: export

Re: [Emc-users] The Wrong-way DIR Signal - Possibly Solved!

2007-03-15 Thread Alex Joni
You can also read the emc mailing lists at the (slightly misnamed) http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.devel I notice John K's message lamenting the quality of the sourceforge archive has already appeared there.

Re: [Emc-users] wired pause button?

2007-03-29 Thread Alex Joni
http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.1/html/gui/halui/index.html you can connect 2 buttons to halui.program.pause and halui.program.resume Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: andyholcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent:

Re: [Emc-users] new install, can't get needed packages to compile Axis

2007-04-02 Thread Alex Joni
Did you try apt-get build-dep emc2 ? That is the preferred way to get all build dependencies for emc2. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Jon Elson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 8:53 AM

Re: [Emc-users] new install, can't get needed packages to compile Axis

2007-04-03 Thread Alex Joni
then your repository isn't set up for 2.1.x you might want to apt-get build-dep emc2-axis to get dependencies .. You can also look at debian/control for names of the packages needed.. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Jon Elson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alex Joni [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Emc-users] emc_debug.txt question

2007-04-06 Thread Alex Joni
can you post your ini file somewhere (for example pastebin.ca) ? Best regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Michał Geszkiewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: emc-users emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:03 PM Subject: [Emc-users] emc_debug.txt question Hello, I

Re: [Emc-users] Display error

2007-04-26 Thread Alex Joni
It will be compiled if you have all dependencies. sudo apt-get build-dep emc2 will get all needed packages. Best regards, Alex - Original Message - From: 杜少华 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:39 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Display error I compiled the

Re: [Emc-users] Axis homing

2007-05-04 Thread Alex Joni
Seems really confusing to me. Is there a specific reason why a single pin can't drive multiple signals? Yes, to avoid confusion :) The point how it wors is that you use one single signal to drive more pins like this: newsig limit-home bit linksp limit-home parport.0.pin-10-in linksp

Re: [Emc-users] problem compiling the trunk version of EMC2

2007-05-17 Thread Alex Joni
Might not be the same as the tcl msgcat package which tkemc looks for.. Most distros I've seen already have that installed.. Manfredi: can you tell us a bit about your OS / system? Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Chris Radek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] inverting an Limit switch

2007-05-22 Thread Alex Joni
you can only invert pins that are outputs from the parport. for inputs you have 2 pins: pin-10-in and pin-10-in-not ergo you need: linkps parport.0.pin-10-in-not = Xlimits Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Wijngaarde, Ronald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] How to

2007-05-23 Thread Alex Joni
Inside the ini file you are using there are the following lines: #HALFILE = xylotex_pinout.hal HALFILE = standard_pinout.hal simlpy remove the comment character '#' from the first line, and add it to the second one. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From:

Re: [Emc-users] How to

2007-05-26 Thread Alex Joni
. All steppers at 2.5Amps, they just get warm when left on. Rod - Original Message - From: Alex Joni [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] How to Inside the ini file

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper resonance?

2007-05-28 Thread Alex Joni
The archives are at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user and the complete (and unfortunately not so reliable) archives are supposed to be at: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=emc-users Regards, Alex I'm still getting tracking error in x and y when

Re: [Emc-users] Fw: Help with installing parallel port

2007-06-02 Thread Alex Joni
Maybe this helps: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?NetMos Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Eric.d.wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:28 AM Subject: [Emc-users] Fw: Help with installing parallel port

Re: [Emc-users] scaling G code

2007-06-06 Thread Alex Joni
I think you can still enter a numerical value for units. mm, inch, etc, are just for convenience. yes, you can. Did you actually try to use a number for units? I could be wrong - I'm not the one who implemented the change that allow you to use mm, etc. But if you _can't_ enter a

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle, Mesa Help!

2007-06-11 Thread Alex Joni
This was a Anilam LatheMate with a dead Crusader M L controller. The X and Y had 625 ppr encoders and 5mm pitch ball screws, giving me 12700 counts per inch. I'm not sure how many counts the spindle encoder has until I get it connected and read a few revolutions. I would like to use the

Re: [Emc-users] Homing and f-error

2007-06-13 Thread Alex Joni
Ray, I don't think it's a matter of development thinking. If he hits teh limit switch and that physically disables his drives then it's not soemtihng you can overcome by software, or maybe am I reading it all wrong? Regards, Alex Wah. We really need to get some sort of order in our

Re: [Emc-users] ini axis comp file usage

2007-07-09 Thread Alex Joni
I use the DRO mounted on the table to read table position. True, EMC indicated -5.0 as it should but I expected to see the table DRO to indicate -4.0. But it really went to -5.0 on the DRO. hrmm, that doesn't sound like it should work ;) try mangling the comp file by purpose (it needs to

Re: [Emc-users] Axis screen Maximized as default?

2007-07-10 Thread Alex Joni
Hi there, after a bit of googling it seems this might be a bug in Gnome (some other apps show the same behaviour). I've seen a couple of advices: - try making the AXIS screen as large as possible (without pushing the maximize button), maybe it remembers that size. - try following these tips:

Re: [Emc-users] Documentation Question

2007-07-21 Thread Alex Joni
There is also some information in html form, most of it included in the manuals. Most docs can be found at : www.linuxcnc.org/docs/ from where you can select version dependent stuff (devel is the latest TRUNK) Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Matthew Glenn Shaver [EMAIL

Re: [Emc-users] ACCEPTED SECONDED NOMINATION: Alex Joni

2007-07-25 Thread Alex Joni
Thanks for the kind words. I accept the nomination, but it's far more important to me to be part of the team than to actually be reelected again. Alex PS: I promise to try to come to the next fest, even if not elected - Original Message - From: Jeff Epler [EMAIL PROTECTED] In

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Alex Joni
On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 20:20 +0100, paul_c wrote: directions have been lost. Elsewhere, others have been making noises about an emc3 fork.. would that be tuxcnc? Sourceforge provide a web interface to manage my own ssh keys along with a number of other services should I wish to use them. So

Re: [Emc-users] CVS access - (was Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd)

2007-07-31 Thread Alex Joni
Alex - the problem here is simply that having lost CVS via SF last year, and then not being able to get onto the replacement. *I* just switched off and started using the tar files. I will have to look again for CIA but nothing is documented from the wiki pages I have worked my way through.

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-31 Thread Alex Joni
My only problem is HAVING to create and manage one for just ONE project as I have indicated in several replies. You will only have to do that once you want to contribute to emc directly. Until then you can still contribute (if you wish): - change the wiki - send patches - send

[Emc-users] NOMINATION: Ray Henry

2007-07-31 Thread Alex Joni
I just can't imagine a board without Ray and all his valuable experience around the project and CNC machines in general. Regards, Alex - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-31 Thread Alex Joni
The change to an ssh-based login also affected my ability to do checkouts. I normally work on a Windows PC (I know I know - don't say anything) where I use TortoiseCVS. This can be set up to work with ssh, but I just haven't had the time to do it yet. (I know you can use puTTY and friends

[Emc-users] Fw: [ emc-Bugs-1743942 ] MDI command in estop-reset runs in machine-on

2007-08-06 Thread Alex Joni
Hello, Pete brings up an interesting point. Is it allowed to issue some MDI commands while in e-stop reset or even e-stop mode? AXIS (the GUI) simply disables MDI while machine is not switched on. TkEMC relies on task to do the right thing, and enables MDI and allows users to send MDI commands,

Re: [Emc-users] USB Wireless Network Steppers with encoders?

2007-08-06 Thread Alex Joni
Hi there, Would my EMC2 system work with USB wireless networking? I'm thinking of this because I could connect the USB wireless adapter to a USB extension and position it for better reception. I'm just not sure if it would work on my Ubuntu Linux EMC2 system. Another option would be a PCI

Re: [Emc-users] GOTO

2007-08-07 Thread Alex Joni
I'm not sure how you do this in Mini, but both TkEmc and AXIS have a run from line feature. In AXIS: Select the line you want, and in the menu Machine-set run from line (or similar, writing from memory here). in TkEmc there's also an entry in the menu called set run line number or such. I'm sure

Re: [Emc-users] PUMA reverse kinematics

2007-08-11 Thread Alex Joni
I was able to build the CVS trunk version of EMC as you suggested, after installing a few missing ubuntu development tools. The EMC trunk demo of the PUMA robot starts up, and displays a static image of the PUMA in a TK window. The puma.ini file is looking for gamepad.hal which I can't

Re: [Emc-users] Macro Language

2007-08-15 Thread Alex Joni
this, but it does a good job. http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cvs/emc2/nc_files/gridprobe.ngc?rev=1.5;content-type=text%2Fplain Regards, Alex Joni - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files

Re: [Emc-users] Encoders with steppers

2007-08-15 Thread Alex Joni
I'm sure there is a way to solve that problem, but nothing springs to mind right now. how about a long limit switch (between 2 encoder indexes), just use a latch to toggle the state. to summarize: actual switch AND encoder index - toggle signal for the latch. latch output - emc home-sw

Re: [Emc-users] Single Step'n

2007-08-15 Thread alex . joni
Quoting Kirk Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED]: For the first run of a part, I recall reducing the feed rate and then single stepping through the program. I think there was a single step button you could activate before you hit the cycle start, so that the program would single step right from the

Re: [Emc-users] Interactive machining

2007-08-19 Thread Alex Joni
As a recent addition to emc2.TRUNK, one has the ability to check or wait for inputs. Some description of the codes added here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gcode/main/index.html#sec:M66-to-M68: It's not quite 100% done, some parts still missing (basicly the wait-for-input, motion

Re: [Emc-users] Interactive machining

2007-08-20 Thread Alex Joni
I beg to differ. From the Language Features in that pdf. I see only 2 missing from emc2: - conversion functions (BCD to BIN, BIN to BCD) and - Printing of values to a serial port Additionally, I'm not sure what System Variables to read and write a variety of CNC data items and generate alarm

Re: [Emc-users] Interactive machining

2007-08-20 Thread Alex Joni
??? ? Permanent Common Variables that keep their values even when power is turned off Actually emc2 does have that, as a somehow hidden feature. If you put a parameter in your .var file, the interpreter will save the last value on shutdown, and reload it the next time emc2 runs. All the

Re: [Emc-users] board election results

2007-08-21 Thread Alex Joni
Thanks for everyone who voted :) Congrats to the newly elected board members! I think... ;-) And a big thanks to Michael! I'll join in on the thanks to Michael. It was really the perfect voting setup. Keep the requests for the board coming. We'll be happy to answer them all. Regards, Alex

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling a new kinematic

2007-09-10 Thread Alex Joni
Can you give a bit more input about the version you are running, how you configured it (run in place, vs. installed), etc? Best thing would be to look for another similar file (with the latest CVS I would look for pumakins references, and try to replicate that). Regards, Alex Joni

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling a new kinematic

2007-09-11 Thread Alex Joni
file? Thanks is advance Regards, Aitor 2007/9/10, Alex Joni [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Can you give a bit more input about the version you are running, how you configured it (run in place, vs. installed), etc? Best thing would be to look for another similar file (with the latest CVS I

Re: [Emc-users] Units in kinematics file

2007-09-13 Thread Alex Joni
LINEAR_UNITS = 0.03937007874016 If you write the above, then you have the units in inch, _NOT_ mm. You should work with mm all over the place (ini, kinematics, etc). Best regards, Alexander Joni - This SF.net email is

Re: [Emc-users] Units in kinematics file

2007-09-13 Thread Alex Joni
You need to adjust LINEAR_UNITS = mm but you also need to adjust the parameters of the individual axes to make sense for mm. INPUT_SCALE = ... (number of steps / mm) MAX_VEL, etc Best would be if you start your configuration based on stepper_mm.ini Best regards, Alex Joni - Original

Re: [Emc-users] MDI in AXIS

2007-09-16 Thread Alex Joni
It already does that in the developer version. It will be available in the following 2.2.x release (can't tell you when exactly, but we want to have it this year). Until then you can check out the version from CVS. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Emc-users] Install to a USB Key

2007-09-16 Thread Alex Joni
Yup, here's the key item: 18. Reboot your computer and set your system BIOS to boot from USB-HDD or USB-ZIP. Also set the boot priority if necessary. None of the computers I have have such an option, although all of them have on-mobo USB. Maybe the very latest ones that have nothing BUT

Re: [Emc-users] Debugging parallel kinematics: how to printf indmesg?

2007-09-17 Thread Alex Joni
http://www.imac.unavarra.es/parallel/images/argazkiak/img_4336.jpg Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 10:55 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] rotary axis speed

2007-09-23 Thread Alex Joni
~/emc2/configs/stepper in this 2.1.7 install. it's installed in /etc/emc2/sample-configs/max Regards, Alex - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005.

[Emc-users] emc2.2.x

2007-09-25 Thread Alex Joni
.. will investigate more thoroughly before the release Best regards, Alex Joni - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma Torch Height Control

2007-09-30 Thread Alex Joni
config) used is here: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/emc2/configs/plasma-thc/README?rev=1.1;content-type=text%2Fplain (hint: you need OpenOffice to view it) Hope this helps as a starting point. If you need more info try on #emc on irc.freenode.net Best regards, Alex Joni

Re: [Emc-users] Add URL to the link list?

2007-10-08 Thread Alex Joni
Hi, currently under www.linuxcnc.org - Links - EMC related pages you can find a link to CNCzone: - EMC forum on CNCzone (it's the second link, just after the link to our wiki) If you think it's hard to spot, maybe we can do something about this (suggestions?) Best regards, Alex Joni

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port problems

2007-10-09 Thread Alex Joni
Hi Paul, can you give us the output of 'lsmod' from before starting emc2? Maybe you can join #emc on irc.freenode.net (would be faster than exchanging emails every couple of days) Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Paul Pierce To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [Emc-users] Details on spindle-on/off HAL coding problem

2007-10-10 Thread Alex Joni
emc2-2.0.5 is quite old. In that version the spindle control is in iocontrol: linksp spindle_on = iocontrol.0.spindle-on Regards, Alex PS: an update to 2.1.7 should be beneficial - Original Message - From: Patrick Ferrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent:

[Emc-users] Fw: G-Code

2007-10-15 Thread Alex Joni
Might be of interest. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: D. Kokenge To: Alex Joni Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:00 AM Subject: G-Code I recently wrote software to generate G-code from a photo or line drawings. It generates code that follows line or photos. Photos

Re: [Emc-users] Restoring a saved HAL file

2007-10-15 Thread Alex Joni
You need to start the realtime subsystem first: e.g. : sudo /etc/init.d/realtime start (there might be an easier way to start it, which I'm overlooking now) Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: John Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, October

Re: [Emc-users] Topolinux?

2007-10-15 Thread Alex Joni
Hi, I run it all the time inside a virtual machine. VMware Server is a free VM machine (running on Win here), in which you can install emc2 (the Live CD) and it will work without issues. You can also install a stock Ubuntu, and compile the non-RT simulation version of emc2 (this should work a

Re: [Emc-users] Can anyone recomend me some Stepper Motor Driveinterface?

2007-10-16 Thread Alex Joni
There are a lot of *very* good references here: http://www.compumotor.com/catalog_eng_ref.htm I suggest you start reading, and learn the basics, then you can ask specific questions about your machine, which we might be able to answer. Best regards, Alex - Original Message - From: 0.0

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Amps

2007-10-23 Thread Alex Joni
I believe they have an educational/hobbyist discount of 169e or $120 plus 40e or $28 for shipping. I think you got the exchange rate backwards there.. 40€ (EURO) should be about 57$ Regards, Alex - This SF.net email is

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet I/O

2007-10-26 Thread Alex Joni
, Alex Joni - Original Message - From: Mark Pictor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet I/O One concern is using a standard that will soon be obsolete. The parallel

Re: [Emc-users] setup for a Q2HB44M(B) stepper controller

2007-10-27 Thread Alex Joni
can a setup a signal from the parallel port to fake the +5v required for the opto inputs? don't think it has enough power to do so.. anyone have a simple solution for a level conversion / buffer? I usually take power from an empty USB port. Regards, Alex

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet I/O

2007-10-29 Thread Alex Joni
I really think all of the thread raised issues have been addressed by Ethercat: 1. it uses Ethernet (100MBps max) raw packages 2. there is an opensource Ethercat Master, which runs under linux/RTAI (http://www.etherlab.org/en/ethercat/index.php) 3. you could command motion and IO devices using

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet I/O

2007-10-29 Thread Alex Joni
Umm, no... As master, no problem but slaves will be expensive: Ethercat slaves require either custom proprietry hardware or proprietary IP Hmm, unfortunately I can't argue there.. been trying to find some prices for a slave chip. I found some products, but no prices anywhere: - beckhoff

Re: [Emc-users] two axis tabletop mill

2007-10-31 Thread Alex Joni
I have and old computer 155 MHZ I thought maybe to install xubuntu and Emc if the machine is fast enough . This box would really stretch the low end for CPU. Nope, it won't stretch it, it will break it. Ubuntu absolutely will not install on a 155 MHz CPU. I think 400 MHz is the lower

Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running - Update

2007-11-01 Thread Alex Joni
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 12:18 -0700, Andrew Ayre wrote: Another thought - does permissions need to be set on a file somewhere to allow the shared memory to work for all users? I did: ./configure options make make install I didn't run make setuid. Is that still needed for a make install?

Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running - Update

2007-11-02 Thread Alex Joni
for run-in-place you need scripts/realtime start Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Andrew Ayre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running -

Re: [Emc-users] Avoiding Following Error

2007-11-04 Thread Alex Joni
I've often thought that that search box ought to be at the top so that we'd see it as soon as we opened a page. I just don't seem to remember my admin password or how to edit Joomla to do that. Rayh although i havent actually tested this, I did waste a good hour trying to get usemod

Re: [Emc-users] Is updating EMC@ impossible without internet?

2007-11-14 Thread Alex Joni
You need to copy the emc2 2.2.1 deb package. You can find it here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/emc2/dists/dapper/emc2.2/binary-i386/ Maybe if you try to install it (dpkg -i /path/to/emc2_2.2.1_i386.deb) it will tell you there are some dependencies missing. You should write those down, and write me

Re: [Emc-users] new 5 axis simulation

2007-11-14 Thread Alex Joni
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 22:15 +, ben lipkowitz wrote: at build time, stuff in src/emc/usr_intf/axis/scripts/ gets copied to bin/ stripped of its .py extension and made executable. this is done in the Makefile, and for some odd reason each script has its own entry there. so, add

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet I/O

2007-11-15 Thread Alex Joni
- From: Alex Joni [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet I/O I finally found this reference: http://www.rtcmagazine.com/home/article.php?id=100822pg=2 The slave controller

[Emc-users] LiveCD update

2007-11-15 Thread Alex Joni
Hello all, just wanted to let you all know that I updated the LiveCD found at www.linuxcnc.org. It now features emc2.2.1 along with all ubuntu updates (up to last night). This is the encouraged method for new installs. It is not meant as a method for upgrades !! The necessary steps for

Re: [Emc-users] LiveCD update

2007-11-17 Thread Alex Joni
Hi Miroslav, that's even less. I'd say it's realistic to expect about 25-30.000 pulses / second from emc2 without majour problems. Regarding trapezoidal profile, it does it properly if you set the right acceleration values. S-curve profiles haven't been implemented yet. Regards, Alex -

Re: [Emc-users] G61/G64 mode question

2007-11-21 Thread Alex Joni
Hello, those moves are collinear, when you run them in G64P0.01 they will be merged into one single move. That's why the control will show the current line executed as the last line (basicly all previous lines have been merged into this one). Regards, Alex - Original Message - From:

Re: [Emc-users] WINE EMC

2007-11-22 Thread Alex Joni
Hi Sven, I used to be a photoshop user myself, and found it hard to adjust to gimp. However I found an extension called gimpshop which is brilliant. It basicly rearranges gimp's layout menus to match those of photoshop. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Svenne Larsson To:

Re: [Emc-users] rs232 output

2007-11-30 Thread Alex Joni
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] rs232 output One problem is that the interpreter is asynchronous to the execution. I believe that someone (Alex Joni, perhaps) added something to allow you to make sure that the output had caught up

Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 2.2.1 CD

2007-12-01 Thread Alex Joni
Hi David, sounds like it was probably my fault. I might not have recreated the checksums corectly. For the moment you can use it as it is, I will rebuild the CD in the next couple of days (after 2.2.2 is out) Note: There won't be a new CD for each version, but if a problem is found we can nail

Re: [Emc-users] Remote GUI

2007-12-07 Thread Alex Joni
Hi Kirk, it looks pretty ok from a first glimpse. Some outdated stuff in there, but you'll be able to sort it out. There are 2 nml's included with emc2 which help you set up remote GUI functionality. There is one issue I want to raise here: opening ngc files. For this to work both the GUI and

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